Audacity Installation

Windows Installation

Step 1: Install Audacity

  • Left-click on the installer file. Right-clicking and saving the file will not work.
  • Follow Setup Wizard instructions to complete the installation.

Step 2: Install LAME Encoder

    • Follow Setup Wizard to install (you can ignore any warnings that the "publisher could not be verified").
    • Do not change the default install destination.

Step 3: Exporting Audio

    • Launch Audacity.
    • Click the red circle to record any audio you wish to save as an MP3 file, then click the tan "stop" button.
    • Go to File>Export Audio...
    • Change the file type to MP3.
    • Export.
      • If you receive an error "Audacity needs the file libmp3lame.dylib to crete MP3s", select the location of the LAME file on your computer and press OK.

Mac Installation

Step 1: Install Audacity

    • Go to http://www.audacityteam.org/download/ and select Mac.
    • Left-click the .dmg file.
    • Double click the downloaded file.
    • When prompted, drag the Audacity.app icon to the Applications shortcut.

Step 2: Install LAME Encoder

    • Double click the "Lame Library v* for Audacity.pkg" file.
      • If you get an error that looks like this:
      • Right-click the .pkg file and click Open.
    • Follow the setup instructions to complete the installation.

Step 3: Exporting Audio

    • Launch Audacity.
    • Click the red circle to record any audio you wish to save as an MP3 file, then click the tan "stop" button.
    • Go to File>Export Audio...
    • Change the file type to MP3.
    • Export.
      • If you receive an error "Audacity needs the file libmp3lame.dylib to create MP3s", select the location of the LAME file on your computer and press OK.